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Over And Under The Snow (2011)

by Kate Messner(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Chronicle Books

review 1: Part nonfiction, part narrative about a girl and her father on a cross-country skiing adventure, this book discusses the hidden life in winter's subnivean zone, or the area right above the ground and below the snow. I loved the cool illustrations and the feeling of calm that the white space in each picture provides. There's also a helpful index in the back that talks about the subnivean layer and gives a brief infobite on the animals mentioned.
review 2: This is a beautiful book with lovely illustrations of how the natural world continues to go on under endless layers of snow. The reader learns about hibernation to survival in a different winter climate. I like how the author emphasizes how amazed we humans should be at the world that still goes on beneath our... more feet under the snow. There is a secret world under the snow that we cannot hear or see, but it is a world that draws us in to understand. But under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals who live through the winter, safe and warm under the snow. less

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